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Buy1Sell2- "Start with 1 contract and add one on the next trade until you have the big winner. (No martingale--that would be doubling, so just add one each time). What's the result?" Are you buying 1 contract at each price level you average into or are you buying 1 more contract than the...

speaking of playing breakouts, a break of 1413 should get us a 10 point move above that - 1424.

Although occassionally there are situations where the market will go 3+ standard deviations.

B1S2, what does "salvo" stand for? I am already in with my initial salvo. Thanks

and it is amazing how so many ignore the obvious, perhaps it's just too simple. Why will so many consumers buy the more expensive car when the cheaper car is built in the same factory. It just has a fancier outside and a higher price slapped on to it.

If you are following B1S2, regardless whether trading or investing, it's about playing with dry hands.

William Bernstein - "In poker, the player who is least concerned about the size of the pot has the advantage, because he is much less likely to lose his nerve than his opponents. If you have a properly diversified portfolio, you are in effect making many small bets, none of which should ruin...

what is "salvo?"

The buying into volatility is standard institutional practice. They will always have you beat because they have much deeper pockets! Very easy for "them" to turn a loser into a winner. I would assume only a handful on ET can do that.

and if your trading the globex 100+ lot size with the improper account size, it would be wise to have a broker with pit access.

yes, 10% gap on price.

and thanks to B1S2 for that emphasis on leverage ratio.

Trade with the proper size account to support a 100+ lot position so that even a 10% gap against you should just be a blip in your equity curve.

There are many extremely intelligent and financially sophisticated people, oftentimes finance professionals, who are still incapable of executing a plan properly. The most common reason for the "failure to execute" shortcoming is the emotional inability to go against the market. Commonly...

Being a natural fundamental skeptic, I validated what was taught by B1S2 and added it to my system and it has proven itself a keeper. I end my comments here and leave it to you to prove his statements to yourselves. All the best and once again thank you B1S2.

Compare that with holding 20% of your trades after hitting 80% of your profit target. hmmm.

yes, you may have worked at McKinsey or with some Mckinseyites?

you will see 80/20 rule wherever you look. 20% of the population controls 80% of the wealth, 80% of your profits will come from 20% of your trades, 80% of a companies sales will come from 20% of the sales force, 20% of traders in the market will make 80% of the money.